noun
Meaning 1
From poverty to exceptional wealth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: riches to rags
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noun
From poverty to exceptional wealth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: riches to rags
History
By surface analysis, a change from wearing ragged clothing (due to being impoverished) to obtaining a lot of money.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.